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In the end, 13 minutes were missing.

Had Hitler stayed a little longer on November 8, 1939, the bomb would have killed him.

During his speech it was hidden in a pillar of the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.

It was built by a simple man, a carpenter.

His name: Georg Elser.

Even decades after the Nazi dictatorship, Germany was divided over the act.

It took a long time for Georg Elser to be recognized as a resistance fighter.

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What drives a 35-year-old carpenter to carry out such an attack alone and after months of preparation?

And when is an assassin a terrorist and when is a resistance fighter?

Nina-Friederike Gnädig goes in search of answers in the first episode of the "Assassin" podcast.

The Swabian village in which she grew up is in the immediate vicinity of Elser's hometown.

During her research, she meets Elser's only living relative - his nephew Franz Hirth.

“Assassin”

is the first season of the WELT History podcast.

In five episodes, Nina-Friederike Gnädig explores the question: Why does a person become an assassin?

Assassinations are murders that shake countries, divide societies and change the course of history.

The Hitler attacks, the murders of the RAF, the attacks of September 11, 2001 shape our memories.

New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Halle, Hanau, Vienna - attacks keep shaking our everyday lives.

Nina-Friederike Gnädig travels to the places that have been rocked by attacks, speaks to witnesses, perpetrators, survivors and historians.

Another episode every four weeks.

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"Assassin" is produced by Wake Word Studios.

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